Hepatitis B virus reactivation after treatment for hepatitis C in hemodialysis patients with HBV/HCV coinfection

Hepatitis B virus reactivation after treatment for hepatitis C in hemodialysis patients with HBV/HCV coinfection

In coinfected HBV/HCV patients, HBV replication is usually suppressed by HCV over the time. No study to date has evaluated the HBV viremia in long-term follow-up after HCV treatment in hemodialysis patients with HBV/HCV coinfection. This study aimed to assess the evolution of HBV viremia after HCV t...

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Main Authors: Raul Carlos Wahle, Renata Mello Perez, Patrícia Fucuta Pereira, Elze Maria Gomes Oliveira, Christini Takemi Emori, Silvia Naomi de Oliveira Uehara, Ivonete Sandra de Souza Silva, Antônio Eduardo Benedito Silva, Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867015000896

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